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Yahwehist

Yahwehist is the alternative form of Jehovist.

Meaning of Jehovist

Noun

Jehovist (plural Jehovists)

  1. One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; opposed to adonist.
  2. (derogatory) A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
  3. Anyone who uses the word "Jehovah" as the name of God in worship.

See all 4 meanings of Jehovist

Forms of Yahwehist

pluralYahwehists

Origin of Yahwehist

From Yahweh + -ist.

Questions about Yahwehist

What is Yahwehist the alternative form of?
Yahwehist is the alternative form of Jehovist.

Words near Yahwehist in the dictionary

  1. Yahvist
  2. Yahvists
  3. Yahwe
  4. Yahweh
  5. Yahwehism
  6. Yahwehist
  7. Yahwehists
  8. Yahwism
  9. Yahwist
  10. Yahwistic
  11. Yahwists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yahwehist (page history and authors); Jehovist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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